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> ...but bluetooth and network info api surprised me. Sounds perfect for fingerprinting :S As you might expect, both are not supported by Firefox and Safari an

> ...but bluetooth and network info api surprised me. Sounds perfect for fingerprinting :S As you might expect, both are not supported by Firefox and Safari and work on Chrome and Edge. Same goes for battery status (though Firefox did support it throughout 2016 before removing the support), which I'd argue is one more thing websites should definitely not have access to.

dmitriid 6y ago
And some of them are considered harmful by other browsers than Chrome. E.g. Web Bluetooh or Network Information [1] (both enabled in Chrome by default [2]) [1] https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/ https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/ [2] https://www.chromestatus.com/features https://www.chromestatus.com/features
- pjmlp 6y ago
  Mozilla used to think otherwise with Firefox OS. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/B2G_OS/API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/B2G_OS/API
  - dmitriid 6y ago
    Because there's a difference between an OS and a browser.
    - pjmlp 6y ago
      ChromeOS has won, in case you haven't been paying attention.
      - dmitriid 6y ago
        Why are we talking about OSes all of a sudden? ChromeOS has "won" in a niche where no one was competing with it.
pjmlp 6y ago
Yet, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/B2G_OS/API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/B2G_OS/API They are only harmful when one is the underdog and plays security as selling point. Or one has a store to sell native apps.